Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A district official in India in charge of revenues and taxation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In India, the chief (native) revenue officer of a subdivision of a district. Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Urdu taḥsīldār, from Persian : taḥṣīl, collection, revenue (from Arabic, infinitive of ḥaṣṣala, to acquire, collect, derived stem of ḥaṣala, to occur, obtain; see ḥṣl in Semitic roots) + -dār, having; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • Eight Maoists reached the MRO office around midnight and blasted the building with detonators after sending out MRO Dharma Rao and deputy tahsildar Raghunath Panigrahi, who were sleeping in the office, and the watchman.

    Maoists blow up revenue office in Visakhapatnam Abhay N 2007

  • The tahsildar (really the Tibetan honorary magistrate), he said, had received instructions from the Lieutenant – Governor of the

    Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004

  • The tahsildar (really the Tibetan honorary magistrate), he said, had received instructions from the Lieutenant-Governor of the Panjab that

    Among the Tibetans 1867

  • At Patseo the tahsildar, with a retinue and animals laden with fodder, came to pay his respects to me, and invited me to his house, three days 'journey.

    Among the Tibetans 1867

  • Magistrate ordered the release of the five human rights defenders upon production of a bond for 25,000 rupees (approximately €420) and sureties signed by the tahsildar, a district official in charge of revenues and taxation.

    Front Line chenfengyan 2010

  • The committee chaired by tahsildar would vet the list.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The government appointed a special tahsildar under the Kerala Land Conservancy Act to recover encroached land for the Kochi Devaswom Board and a tahsildar and a surveyor for the Koodalmanikyam Devaswom.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The committee chaired by tahsildar would vet the list.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The government appointed a Land Special Officer to identify encroached temple lands belonging to the Travancore Devaswom Board in July 2007 and a special tahsildar with the powers of District Collector under the 1957 Kerala Land Alienation Act in October 2008.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Speaking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, Mr. Sudhakar said the cell, under the supervision of the respective district sports development officer, would comprise an officer of deputy tahsildar rank, a junior assistant, a data entry operator and an attender.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

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